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heraldofcrow · 1 day

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I was scrolling through YouTube and I saw a video thumbnail of the Dune sandworm battle, and the sandworm looked much bigger than I remembered in the movie….so instead of clicking like a normal person to check and make sure I was right, I scrolled past and said out loud,

“It’s clickbait. I know it’s not that big.”

Of course my roommate overheard me and just shrieked “WHAT” like she had just been shot and only then I realized what I had said out of context. 💀💀💀💀

#AAAAAAAA #ghfhdjsk #i’m a dumbass #Crow Ls #CrowNotes #dune

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rosy-crow · 15 days

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https://x.com/LeagueOfLeaks/status/1778113380902977733

Bro just kill me now

#WDYM #i’m gonna need a lot of therapy ig #all my favs are so fucking miserable (it’s great)#BUT DAMMIT #arcane #jinx #CrowNotes

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decaeysa · 1 year

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i went to see how much of crow's gdoc i have up and realised this is honestly all you need to know about them.

#* misc : out of character.#i sent this to my party and meant to write smth separate for my dm #so maybe when i write the full backstory i'll upload that #but for now?#crownotes. crowtes.

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heraldofcrow · 13 hours

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I FINALLY GOT GOOGLE DOCS TO WORK ON MY PHONE AND CAN WRITE ON IT AT 4 AM WHEN MY BRAIN WORKS BEST INSTEAD OF TRYING TO MAKE WRITING ON A KEYBOARD IN BED WORK 💀💀💀

#i’m so happy #writing on a tablet at 4 am while trying to get comfy is the worst #and i actually love writing on my phone sometimes #it’s not overwhelming to me #i hate typing messages because i make a lot of mistakes and typos but there’s no pressure when drafting a fic #i can just go back and fix it on my tablet later #eeeeeeee #writing stuff #CrowNotes

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heraldofcrow · 2 days

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Me: *sitting outside enjoying the birdsong and cool breeze*

My neighbors, literally all day:

FUCK. *metal crashing* Where the FUCK IS IT? I’m so fucking PISSED. *car revving* What the FUCK. I can’t FIND THIS SHIT. *tools dropping* This is PISSING ME OFF. Where IS it? *boxes falling* STUPID PIECE OF SHIT *explosion* I HATE THIS FUCKING SHIT. *drill noises* MotherFUCKER motherfucking son of a bitch ass *more explosions* WOOOO

#it’s them again #it’s always them #i want to prank caw them #CAN’T A BIRB REST IN PEACE??#sigh #silly post #CrowNotes

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heraldofcrow · 10 months

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They are so prettyyyyy 🖤🖤

#how to be this when i grow up #i want the knife and everything #they do make me sad tho #but idk ghosts always make me sad #i never found them scary #just melancholy #💔#cainhurst #vilebloods #bound widow #bloodborne #CrowNotes

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heraldofcrow · 3 months

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You know what makes me laugh is how Miyazaki came up with Dark Souls as this giant love-letter to Berserk but then he got rid of all the sex. He was even pissed and confused about the Gwynevere and Quelaag designs being too revealing. The Dark Souls trilogy was his sterilized Berserk tribute.

Aroace king

#lol #i’m not kidding he was even queasy about quelaag #nobody in dark souls knows what sex is #dark souls #dark souls 2 #dark souls 3 #hidetaka miyazaki #berserk #aroace #CrowNotes

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heraldofcrow · 9 months

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Yuka Kitamura

KITAMURA MY GIRL!!!! She is leaving Fromsoftware ;-;

This is so sad for me, but also…I’m so happy that she is able to be a freelance composer now! Optimistically, this may mean that she is confidently able to support herself and able to choose the more independent route. So, while I am going to miss seeing her name under their games so much, I am totally rooting for her! It really is the end of an era for FromSoft, but then again…Elden Ring does seem to be the crown jewel of their Soulsborne streak, and they’ll likely move onto different styles now. (I just hope that Kitamura was able to write a few songs for the Elden Ring DLC as her final FromSoft works!!)

ALSO LOOK AT HER ADORABLE WEBSITE!!

So, guys let’s support her now and follow her SoundCloud and whatever else she does, because this lady has been such an iconic Soulsborne composer for so long now. 12 years of her incredible music! I am so proud and I really hope to start seeing her name in more places now!

#i love her so much #she is a queen #i’m gonna miss her but like go girl!! Get that freelance gig going!!#also i can email her now 👀#maybe my dream of setting up an interview can actually come true???#hhhhhg #anyway support her!!#dark souls #elden ring #bloodborne #soulsborne #yuka kitamura #fromsoftware #sekiro #CrowNotes

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heraldofcrow · 1 year

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Eileen and Bloody Crow, caught in 4k—

#stabby birds #eileen the crow #bloody crow of cainhurst #bloodborne #silly post #le crows #CrowNotes

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heraldofcrow · 1 year

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I just love how casually dragons are shown in Soulsborne games. I mean, yes they are relevant in Dark Souls/Elden Ring as apart of the story, but how they are shown…it’s so different from a lot of fantasy.

When there are dragons in a fantasy story, it’s often a big deal. They put dragons all over the book covers and in the titles because guys!! There are dragons!! Big fantasy creatures!! Much excitement! And then they’ll show these dragons in a light that paints them like the most dramatic thing you’ve ever seen. Everyone is staring in awe! They are so rare it’ll be just one or two of them, and the whole world explodes with their majesty!

But in Soulsborne they are just…there. They’ll randomly land on a bridge in a DS game or fly in droves around a castle. People don’t even care. They’re just giant, annoying birds that sometimes decide to attack you. Occasionally there will be a Special Dragon (tm) but he’s only special because he can breathe poison or he ate the abyss or something. In Elden Ring there are just hundreds of dragons flying around big tornados just like it’s a normal Sunday. Maybe there’s one nesting near a lake or whatever. Oh no. What will we ever do. Yawn.

But the best part? Half the time these Soulsborne dragons are ten times more majestic and beautiful and unique then half of the fantasy dragons that appear in the books/films/shows that make a huge deal out of them. So, you still get awestruck. It’s just that you should be used to them, and that’s why it’s set up that way. It’s bloody effective, isn’t it? Heh.

#I LOVE DRAGONS #please hear me out #this doesn’t mean that dragons shouldn’t be shown to be amazing #but it’s when they are so casually apart of the world that you should expect to see them #when it gets good because you aren’t supposed to be awed by them #but you still are #that’s ten times more effective than the hype train around them #because it gives you the sensation that you will never get used to sharing a world with these creatures #because they are just so incredible #it’s that brilliant subtlety that gets me excited #bless from software #dark souls #dark souls 3 #soulsborne #elden ring #dragons #gif warning #CrowNotes

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heraldofcrow · 2 months

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They should both get to stab and maim more, actually

#literal angels ascending into gods #SLAY MY CHILDREN #malenia blade of miquella #sephiroth #elden ring #ff7 #CrowNotes

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heraldofcrow · 4 months

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I’m so glad people on Tumblr treat the Dark Souls games in particular like a story and not just a video game, because there is so much to enjoy that maybe isn’t very forthright, but that is there regardless. I especially love how people fill in the blanks with their own ideas or celebrate various interpretations.

#yeah the gameplay is cool but miyazaki wrote some crazy shit for us to figure out #dark souls #dark souls 3 #dark souls 2 #CrowNotes

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heraldofcrow · 11 months

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Ok, so Crest’s new video on the internal data names for Dark Souls 2 is out and wow. This game. Wtf.

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First off, this name makes perfect sense for Shanalotte, aka the “I’m part dragon because of experiments” girl that is somehow the game’s firekeeper but also…not? She’s really interesting to me when in comparison to the other Souls bonfire maidens, and there’s this odd bit of story separation with her. She seems really independent of us in little ways, and maybe her motives with wanting us to link the fire are tied strictly to her own personal beliefs, not just because it’s her duty. Also, it seems like her name could be more accurately translated to “Dragon Priestess” which is…even more fascinating. Her mystery will never not engage me.

Pate is Patches. Dark Souls 2 always had Patches and we all knew it. Even if he doesn’t have the same VA, we just know the archetype is there. Even his “mild-mannered” and silver-tongued persuasion is accurate to the general character. Personally, I think it’s pretty funny that they still found a way to insert the conniving bastard into this game.

He’s apparently just Ornstein….which is obvious, but admittedly it’s confusing as hell. In my eyes, this is Ornstein mid-journey and on his way to find NK. We get to fight him in-game for fun, but in the “time is convoluted” world of Dark Souls, that never actually happened. Ornstein went on his way just fine. Alternative interpretations are always welcome though.

SEA SOLAIRE!! LUCATIEL IS THE SOLAIRE OF DS2 AND WE ALL KNEW IT!! This honestly makes me emotional, because she really did get us all in the feels the way Solaire did, and the theme of slow decay/hollowing and the desperation to stop it is so poignant for both characters. They’re uniquely written too, which I appreciate because even though it’s the same archetype, Lucatiel and Solaire both stand out as individuals as well. My beautiful and sad blorbos </3

Ok, so Creighton and Benhart are/were apparently father and son…which is kinda cool? It’s too bad the final game didn’t cement any connection besides their crest sigils, but I’d still accept it as canon, personally.

She’s just like me fr

Lucatiel’s older brother! This is the first time I’ve seen him unmasked and it’s kinda sad. He was just a normal lad.

Agdayne is a Jojo reference, guys. It’s true. Darklurker is his stand 💀

(In all seriousness, I wonder what the actual connection here was? It’s fascinating).

And finally, to absolutely nobody’s surprise! I hate this so much lmaoooo. I also can’t get it out of my head now that Dark Souls 2 is full of random Star Wars references and that’s what gives it such a unique and alien vibe compared to the other games 💀 (I mean, even the Desert Sorceresses look a bit like Leia’s slave getup in Return of the Jedi skdjdksks).

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Anyway, this was bizarre and as usual, I can see the verge, or the vague image of how complex DS2 was originally meant to be. There’s just so much going on here, but it doesn’t seem like they put the time into really finishing it. I still love this game, flaws and all, but I do wish they would have…actually finished it.

#this is gonna plague my brain for hours now #i really do love ds2 but it needs fixing in a lot of spots #dark souls #dark souls 2 #emerald herald #lucatiel of mirrah #patches dark souls #creighton the wanderer #benhart of jugo #covetous demon #grave warden agdayne #dragonslayer ornstein #crestfallen #CrowNotes

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heraldofcrow · 6 months

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Guysssss Millicent was Malenia’s redemption, do you see this, she was Malenia’s heart, the purest remnant of her true self, the self she lost, and Millicent was the one strong enough to resist the Rot and die with her autonomy in-tact, to die human, and not as a puppet of an eldritch god that just wanted to remake the world in its image by using a undefeated valkyrie as its vessel. Millicent got the happy ending Malenia never did. Out of all Malenia’s remnants, Millicent was the one that triumphed, undefeated. GUYS.

#AAAAAAAA #my heart hurts #i was talking about this way more when the game first came out so i’ve been pretty quiet but malenia HURT me when i realized her story #i’m just a sucker for the tragic fallen valkyrie angels you guys know me but AAAGAHAHH #millicent was her mother’s redemption #she didn’t lose herself #bgfhdnjmsk #millicent #malenia blade of miquella #elden ring #CrowNotes

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heraldofcrow · 1 month

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Setting aside the obvious massacre of the villagers and the guilt Maria would have felt over that alone, I think it’s brilliant that what probably pushed her over the edge to the point where she actually felt the need to completely bury her past was the violation of a mother and child.

Maria’s life as a hunter was, likely in her mind, dedicated to protecting innocent people, especially those as vulnerable as mothers with their infants.

But to oversee the dissection and brutalization of a god-mother with such an obviously humanoid face and child….to watch the infant itself be ripped from the womb and its umbilical cord severed….yeah, of course she didn’t want anyone to see that. I can’t even blame her for fighting to hide it, because that is just horrendous.

But at the same time, the concept that what forms Maria’s nightmare is a loop where she fights to conceal the truth is fascinating to me. She was only free when her sins were revealed and she could stop fighting to hide them.

#i compared her to lucrecia ONCE and now i am going down this path lmao #but it’s the same “great sin” of violation #it’s the horror of cruelty against and desecration of mothers and infants #and maria had probably been so kind-hearted once that this basically broke her #so yeah sue me but maybe i feel like the Doll basically adopting a baby squid hunter at the end #is a bit of a redemption for maria #great now i’m gonna cry #it’s called “childhood’s beginning” too like #UUGHHHH #lady maria #bloodborne #CrowNotes

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heraldofcrow · 1 year

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There are two types of Soulsborne fans.

1. This boss kicked my ass and now I absolutely detest the actual character too.

2. This boss kicked my ass and now I’m utterly in love with the actual character too.

#i am forever doomed to be the latter #*looks at bloody crow and malenia*#i was so used to souls games when i first played BB so admittedly i found it really easy #i was beating the bosses on my 2nd-3rd tries #then i met bloody crow and he humbled me #i fell hard and fast from that point on #same with malenia #i adore her for how badly she destroyed me on my first playthrough #i guess i’m as much of a masochist as miyazaki #if you can effortlessly destroy me i love you <3 #bloodborne #elden ring #dark souls #sekiro #soulsborne #CrowNotes

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